MORGANTON, NC, USA—Environmental Inks and Coatings Corp. announced last month the company has signed an agreement to acquire Arcar Graphics, a subsidiary of Flint Ink North America Corp. The ink manufacturer says the transaction is expected to close at the end of this month (August 2003).

Based in West Chicago, IL, Arcar Graphics manufactures water-based and UV-curable flexographic and screen printing inks; it became a unit of Flint Ink when Flint purchased the Alper Ink Group LLC in 2000, says the Environmental Inks press release.